Banff Springs Hotel, October, 1929

The Canadian Pacific hotels are a series of hotels across Canada that were originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Today operated under the Fairmont name they remain some of Canada's most exclusive hotels. Banff Springs Hotel, October 1929, Banff, Alberta Library and Archives Canada: PA-058085 Photographer: William J. Oliver Retrieved from: http://www. ... Banff Springs Hotel, October 1929, Banff, Alberta Library and Archives Canada: PA-058085 Photographer: William J. Oliver Retrieved from: http://www. ... The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... Fairmont Hotels & Resorts TSX: FHR NYSE: FHR is a Toronto, Ontario based owner/operator of luxury hotels and resorts in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, United Kingdom, Monaco and the United Arab Emirates. ...

CPR built two types of hotels:

• Urban hotels, which were located near a city's major passenger station and were intended for use by elite passengers of CPR trains. These hotels served businesspeople and visitors to the respective city, as well as passengers requiring overnight accommodation between connecting trains.

• Rural resorts, which were located in areas served by CPR which had unique scenery, allowing these properties to be marketed as destinations for passenger train travellers.

The hotels were architecturally different in appearance, but materials such as granite walls and copper roofs were common elements. Many of these structures were constructed to look somewhat similar to European castles. One of the unique CPR hotels is the Chateau Montebello which was for many years the world's largest log building. The Tudor style Algonquin in St. Andrews, New Brunswick also stands out as it was one of the few CP hotels which was not constructed by CPR itself. The Château Montebello in 1930. ... The Tudor style, a term applied to the Perpendicular style, was originally that of the English architecture and decorative arts produced under the Tudor dynasty that ruled England from 1485 to 1603, characterized as an amalgam of Late Gothic style formalized by more concern for regularity and symmetry, with round... The Algonquin, St. ... For the parish in New Brunswick with the same name see St. ...

The idea for the railway's hotel chain was introduced by visionary CPR president William Cornelius Van Horne. The original hotels were built in the Rocky Mountains to attract tourists from eastern Canada, incorporating local attractions such as exceptional scenery and therapeutic mineral hot springs. Originally, the CPR constructed smaller hotels to accommodate travellers, including the Balfour Hotel in Balfour on Kootenay Lake, Glacier House in Glacier in the Rogers Pass, the Mount Stephen Hotel in Field, B.C. in the Kicking Horse Pass, as well as facilities at North Bend and in the Fraser Canyon across from Boston Bar. William Cornelius Van Horne (February 3, 1843 – September 11, 1915) was a pioneering North American railway executive. ... Moraine Lake, and the Valley of the Ten Peaks, Banff National Park, British Columbia, Canada The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ... Balfour is an unincorporated community in British Columbia, located c. ... This article needs cleanup. ... There are two places in the Rocky Mountains of North America named Glacier National Park: Glacier National Park (U.S.) in Montana Glacier National Park (Canada) in British Columbia. ... Rogers Pass is the pass (elevation 1330 m) through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. ... Front entrance to the townsite Field (51° 23′ 48″ N 116° 29′ 9″ W) is a town of approximately 300 people located in the Kicking Horse River valley of southeastern British Columbia, Canada within the confines of Yoho National Park. ... The Kicking Horse Pass (elevation 1627 m) is a mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies near the border between Alberta and British Columbia, and lying within Yoho and Banff National Parks. ... Boston Bar is a town in the Fraser Canyon of the Canadian province of British Columbia. ...

The much larger Banff Springs Hotel became such an immediate hit among tourists of the 1880s, that CPR encouraged the federal government to establish Canada's first national park in the territory surrounding it; eventually leading to a network of national parks across the nation. Hotels in major metropolitan areas served by CPR soon followed and these were intended for use by both tourists and business travellers. Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ...

Château Frontenac in Québec

CPR's rival Grand Trunk Railway and later Canadian National Railway copied Van Horne's approach by building hotels such as the Jasper Park Lodge in Jasper, Alberta and the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. CPR purchased CN's hotel chain in 1988, making Canadian Pacific Hotels and Resorts (CP Hotels) the nation's largest hotel owner. In the 1990s, CP Hotels began to expand into the United States, purchasing Delta Hotels in 1998, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of CP Hotels. The following year in 1999 the company underwent a significant expansion in its international holdings when it purchased the San Francisco-based Fairmont Hotel chain, gaining control of famed hotels as The Plaza in New York City. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x682, 198 KB) Chateau Frontenac in Quebec, Canada Taken by me in Fall 2002 Camera: Canon EOS 30 File links The following pages link to this file: Quebec City, Quebec Château Frontenac Canadian Pacific hotels ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x682, 198 KB) Chateau Frontenac in Quebec, Canada Taken by me in Fall 2002 Camera: Canon EOS 30 File links The following pages link to this file: Quebec City, Quebec Château Frontenac Canadian Pacific hotels ... 1885 map The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) was a historic railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. ... The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. ... The renowned Jasper Park Lodge opened in 1921 in Jasper, Alberta to challenge the CPRs Banff Springs Hotel. ... Jasper is a specialized municipality in western Alberta, Canada. ... teau Laurier seen from Wellington Street The Ch teau Laurier is a noted hotel in downtown Ottawa, Canada. ... Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Established 1850 as Bytown City Mayor Bob Chiarelli Governing body Ottawa City Council MPs / MPPs Members of Parliament (MPs) Mauril Bélanger (LPC), Paul Dewar (NDP), John Baird (CPC), Royal Galipeau (CPC), David McGuinty (LPC),Pierre Lemieux (CPC... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Delta Hotels is a chain of 38 hotels and resorts across Canada. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... The Plaza Hotel as seen from the corner of 5th Avenue and 59th Street in Manhattan For the music festival PlazAid, click here The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South in Manhattan, currently... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

In 2001, parent Canadian Pacific Limited underwent a reorganization and renamed its Canadian Pacific Hotels and Resorts subsidiary as Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, borrowing the name of the company it had purchased in 1999. The newly organized Fairmont company shuffled several properties to its Delta subsidiary, while maintaining many original "signature" resorts and hotels from Fairmont and CP Hotels under the new Fairmont banner. Later that year in October 2001, Canadian Pacific Limited spun off all of its subsidiary companies into separately traded "independent" companies, including Canadian Pacific Railway and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Canadian Pacific Limited was created in 1971 to own properties formerly owned by Canadian Pacific Railway, a transportation and mining giant in Canada. ... Fairmont Hotels & Resorts TSX: FHR NYSE: FHR is a Toronto, Ontario based owner/operator of luxury hotels and resorts in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, United Kingdom, Monaco and the United Arab Emirates. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

A number of original urban hotels that had been built by CPR have been torn down in recent decades as the structures have outlived their usefulness. CPR's hotels in Montreal, Vancouver, and St. John's have been demolished and replaced by more modern Delta and/or Fairmont properties, however all remaining urban hotels and rural resorts remain in operation Many have even become tourist attractions in their own right. The Château Frontenac, in Quebec City, has become the leading symbol of that city and the Banff Springs Hotel remains the focal point for the town and national park it spawned. Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 City Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area    - City 366. ... Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. ... Nickname: The City of Legends Motto: Avancez (Go forward) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Newfoundland and Labrador Established August 5, 1583 by Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I City Mayor Andy Wells Governing body St. ... Château Frontenac in Quebec Château Frontenac in Quebec City at night Château Frontenac in Quebec City at sunset, AirBete The Château Frontenac (, ), a grand hotel, is one of the main attractions of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta. ...

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List of CP hotels

• The Algonquin, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, opened 1889
• Château Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, opened 1893
• Château Montebello, Montebello, Quebec, opened 1930
• Place Viger, Montreal, Quebec (1898-1935; still standing but no longer a hotel)
• Château Champlain, Montreal, Quebec, opened in 1967 and now owned by Marriott
• Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, opened 1929
• Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, opened in 1911 demolished in 1966.
• Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, opened in 1927 and now owned by Radisson Hotels
• Palliser Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, opened in 1914
• Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, Alberta, opened in 1890
• Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, opened in 1888
• Mount Stephen House, Field, British Columbia (1886-1963; demolished)
• Glacier House, Glacier National Park (?-?; demolished)
• Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, opened in 1939
• The Empress Hotel, Victoria, opened in 1908

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Former CN hotels purchased in 1988

• The Queen Elizabeth, Montreal, Quebec, opened 1958
• Château Laurier, Ottawa, Ontario, opened 1912
• Hotel Macdonald, Edmonton, Alberta, opened in 1915

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External links

• BC Archives Photo: North Bend Hotel, North Bend BC
• BC Archives Photo: Mount Stephen House, Field BC
• BC Archives Photo: Balfour Hotel, Balfour BC
• VPL Photo: CPR Hotel at Donald, B.C.
• BC Archives Photo: Sicamous Hotel, Sicamous B.C., 1912 (note hotel is immediately adjacent to rail line and lakeshore)